Burokas, Aurelijus (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
The rapid increase of obesity has encouraged the study of the aetiology of eating disorders. Besides genetic, social and metabolic factors, obesity is caused by over-eating and has high rate of relapse ...
Gomis González, Maria (Date of defense: 2017-11-08)
Memory is a complex brain function that constitutes a crucial feature of individuals. Understanding the precise neurobiological mechanisms involved is a fundamental challenge in Neuroscience, where ...
Saravia Santos, Rocio (Date of defense: 2019-01-10)
Cigarette smoking continues to be leading cause of preventable cause of death worldwide. Cognitive modulation by nicotine seems to be a key factor in nicotine addiction. Several studies indicate that ...
Martínez Torres, Sara (Date of defense: 2019-12-12)
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is an endogenous neuromodulatory system widely expressed in the central nervous system and peripheral organs, where it fine-tunes numerous physiological functions. ...
Nadal i Roura, Xavier (Date of defense: 2011-09-23)
This work is focused in the study of the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain, particularly in the role of the endogenous opioid and cannabinoid systems. Neuropathic pain is a chronic illness with a high ...
Orejarena, Maria Juliana (Date of defense: 2010-09-06)
(+) 3,4-metilendioximetanfetamina (MDMA), popularmente conocida como "éxtasis", es una droga susceptible de producir adicción en algunos individuos. Actualmente es consumida principalmente por adolescentes ...
Martínez Navarro, Miriam (Date of defense: 2019-01-18)
La alta variabilidad interindividual en las manifestaciones de dolor neuropático puede conducir a una respuesta diferencial de los pacientes a los tratamientos, y sugiere la idoneidad de terapias más ...
Lara Mayorga, Itzel Montserrat (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)
Neuropathic pain is a complex disorder that includes nociceptive, emotional and cognitive manifestations. This work was focused on how inter-individual variability and endogenous opioid system may be ...
Busquets Garcia, Arnau (Date of defense: 2013-07-04)
The endocannabinoid system is an endogenous neuromodulatory system that regulates a plethora of physiological functions, including the modulation of memory, anxiety, pain, synaptic plasticity and neuronal ...
Mancino, Samantha (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)
The increase incidence of obesity and eating disorders represents a major health problem in developed countries. The low rate of success of treatments to prevent or reverse obesity, and overeating that ...